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Baby elephant Umesh succumbs to virus


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Elephant calf Umesh dies from virus

The young elephant Umesh, 2 years old, died Tuesday evening at the Zurich zoo, following an illness. He succumbed to a herpesvirus that is very common in pachyderms and particularly dangerous for baby elephants.

Despite treatment with antiviral drugs starting last weekend, Umesh’s blood test results continued to deteriorate, Zurich Zoo said on Wednesday. The elephant presented, Tuesday morning, the first symptoms of the disease…

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